gEDA-user: Clarifying the License issues for gaf and PCB

[John Luciani]

On 12/15/06, Ostheller, Joel A. <JOEL.A.OSTHELLER at saic.com> wrote:
> I am currently doing my first gEDA PCB board and I have to say that I am
> worried that footprints will be error prone. It is disheartening to hear
> that someone with more gEDA experience then me, also shares that opinion. If
> only there was a flag which footprints were verified on an already created
> gEDA PCB....

Errors in footprint (and symbol) libraries are an EDA problem not just
a gEDA problem.
You need to verify that a footprint matches the manufacturer's specification
and your process specification. Different manufacturer's sometimes
have different
specifications for the same package style.

After I verify a footprint I move it to a "released for production"
directory. I have
gsch2pcb only use footprints from that directory.

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